Gilbert Collins

Gilbert Collins (26 August 1846-29 January 1920) was Mayor of Jersey City from 5 May 1884 to 2 May 1886, succeeding Isaac W. Taussig and preceding Orestes Cleveland.

Biography
Gilbert Collins was born in Stonington, Connecticut in 1846 to a family of Kentish descent. He moved to Jersey City in 1863 and became a lawyer in 1869, and he unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate as a Republican in 1880. He went on to serve as Mayor from 1884 to 1886, and he died in 1920.